How Getting Married Made Me An Activist

Government did not create marriage, God did. Government recognizes what God has created, but has no authority to redefine it. That's why there are civil unions, domestic partnerships, etc. granting upon whoever the Government sees fit whatever legal rights the Government sees fit. There is no need to redefine marriage beyond the bounds that God has set. Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.

Homosexuality is your sexual orientation...it is not an act. Homosexuality is not a "CHOICE". You are born that way. For all you Heterosexual non-believer's of this.....I would like to know at what age you chose to be heterosexual over homosexual.

I am a straight, married male and I could care less if two people who love each other and happen to be same gender want to get married. Gays will never be able to make the same sham of marriage that straights have - many marriages I see are a joke. My marriage is not the least bit threatened. However, I get sick and tired of all of the hate and posturing by people in the name of God, who by the way, commit every sin known to mankind regularly, then claim to be too good to accept Gay marriage. Let me give you a tip - the genie is waaaaaay out of that bottle, so get over yourselves, find a new cause to hate and get the hell (pun intended) out of the way. By the way, I happen to be a practicing Baptist - I have my sins in perspective!

OMG! I cannot believe my comment ended up close to the bigot pwhotechurch, I do not want to be even slightly associated with that. (btw: WHITE CHURCH? that tells me lot about you!)

THe point is change the wording to "Civil Union" as vermont did and the religious nuts will calm down and most likely drop the issue, this country like it or not was founded on Christian Values, the ACLU has spent a lot of time A$$ raping Religion while promoting Homosexuality amonst other deviant behavior. To be honest as long as it is with two consenting adults and not infront of me, I neither like nor dislike the whole Gay/Lesbian thing. The Reverend Verenus says Love your Hetrosexual brothers and do not shove your deviant godless behaviour in there faces and they will not hate you for it." Amen

It astounds me the number of straight people posting here who have no issue with two people marrying for money, convenience, or even image. . .without any love attached. . .but then try to lecture the gay community about "morality." In other words, marriage really means nothing to them except an official symbol of heterosupremacy with a couple of thousand special rights laws attached - even if they don't ever have sex. So essentially marriage to straights is about the appearance of a man and a woman committed together, even if it is just a charade.

Well, Lucius. . .why does anyone need your permission to marry, when straights don't have to get mine?

Have I moved to a different country? Last I checked the US Government was supposed to go by the rules and regulations set in the CONSTITUTION, not the Bible. As far as the government is concerned, marriage is a contract between two adults, nothing more, and nothing less. Religions can set limitations on who they want in their congregations' all they want; the government has NO right to do so. EVERY citizen has the same legal rights as every other citizen. Any argument saying that the government is able to deny any person any right is ridiculous.

I am not gay, I am very saddened by California's choice to say yes on 8, Im am a huge fan of equality being a woman I am still discriminated against daily. We are all equals and should be treated as such. Religion has to much say in Politics and they should be banned from donating there money to political campains I thought they were helping the homeless and to feed the hungry, hey all mormons how many kids are starving in America this month so you could help push a ban on Gay Marrage that has nothing to do with you? It is 2008 lets preach NO TO HATE. To all of you who are afraid of same sex couples kissing in public TOO BAD its happeining even if there not married, and to those people who you think you can stop your children from becoming gay, maybe your just stopping a future relationship with your own children, you can not predict wether any one at 7 will be gay as an adult you are only teaching them you will hate them if they are.

I would really like everyone who reads this to take a moment, step back, and think objectively about this issue. Many of you out there have personal beliefs that gay marriage is wrong. Some of you probably come to this conclusion because of your religious beliefs and others come to the conclusion because you simply don't understand or are comfortable with the concept of homosexuality. You have the freedom to believe that gay marriage is wrong. That is a God given right that has been supported by the Constitution of the USA. No one can take that away from you. Your opinions are yours and you can belive whatever you want to believe about this topic, BUT if you have the freedom to believe what you want to, then so does everyone else in the country. If another person wants to believe that homosexuality is ok, then they have the freedom to believe that as well. Although you may disagree, you can't beat someone else down for thinking differently. It's their God given right to believe what they feel is right, no matter how differently it is from your beliefs. That's the beauty of America. We have the freedom to make our own path through this world. Now, can you imagine a time when you were in school and you had a crush or fell in love and thought about getting married? Maybe growing up you thought about meeting someone special and starting a life together? In the midst of those daydreams, did you ever think that maybe someone else would say "You can't get married. I don't like who you picked for a spouse" or "You aren't getting married by the rules of my religion so there you can't get married"? If someone told you that, you would freak. "How dare they tell me that I can't get married. I love this person and they have no idea what we have together." If someone took away your ability to marry the person you chose based upon your religious and social beliefs, you would be outraged. Although you don't agree, it's the same thing for the homosexual community. Just because you don't believe it's right doesn't mean you can take away the freedom of another person to do what they believe is right.

I am not gay, I am very saddened by California's choice to say yes on 8, Im am a huge fan of equality being a woman I am still discriminated against daily. We are all equals and should be treated as such. Religion has to much say in Politics and they should be banned from donating there money to political campains I thought they were helping the homeless and to feed the hungry, hey all mormons how many kids are starving in America this month so you could help push a ban on Gay Marrage that has nothing to do with you? It is 2008 lets preach NO TO HATE. To all of you who are afraid of same sex couples kissing in public TOO BAD its happeining even if there not married, and to those people who you think you can stop your children from becoming gay, maybe your just stopping a future relationship with your own children, you can not predict wether any one at 7 will be gay as an adult you are only teaching them you will hate them if they are.

I am not gay, I am very saddened by California's choice to say yes on 8, Im am a huge fan of equality being a woman I am still discriminated against daily. We are all equals and should be treated as such. Religion has to much say in Politics and they should be banned from donating there money to political campains I thought they were helping the homeless and to feed the hungry, hey all mormons how many kids are starving in America this month so you could help push a ban on Gay Marrage that has nothing to do with you? It is 2008 lets preach NO TO HATE. To all of you who are afraid of same sex couples kissing in public TOO BAD its happeining even if there not married, and to those people who you think you can stop your children from becoming gay, maybe your just stopping a future relationship with your own children, you can not predict wether any one at 7 will be gay as an adult you are only teaching them you will hate them if they are.

Gay rights are not to be compared to civil rights. I believe all human beings have rights, but when you want to do something that different you must not expect everyone to accept it. African Americans were people who were slaves initially, Gays are people who are not slaves, they just want to do something different and wants everybody to accept it. I will not and can not accept anyting that God has declared sin. However, I do believe that every American should have human rights and not be discriminated against on their jobs or any where else.

Only a couple of quick remarks:
1- No civil right changes have ever come from a majority vote. It stands to be a logic thought, since the majority wants only to protect its own rights and the minorities..well, they are minorities, they are just numerically fewer. It is the courts who pass laws, to protect ALL.
2- The word "marriage" is not strictly attached to the word "religion". Civil marriage and religious marriage CAN and should co-exist (nobody really is asking to go to a church to get married).
3- The marriages of blacks with whites were illegal till 1967 (and backed by religious beliefs). It is incredible, today.
4 - It will happen!

F*A*G*G*O*T.........enjoy the flames during your stay in hell.

If a couple of Rump Ranger's want to live together and call it a marriage , then so be it. I cannot understand how a perverted sexual preference can turn into a religion for some people. For some reason a lrge number of Gays/Lesbians seem to want to rub it in everyones faces that there "Gay" and get preferencial treatment for it.
Why not let them have "Civil Unions" like in vermont , and they can be happy.